Lot 131
  • 131

Giacomo Balla

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Giacomo Balla
  • Ritratto di Giovanni Cena
  • firmato
  • olio su tela
  • cm 49,5x41,5
  • Eseguito nel 1910

Provenance

Collezione Cambellotti, Roma

Exhibited

Milano, Galleria Gironda, Giacomo Balla, 1981, illustrato

Literature

Teresa Fiori, Fortunato Bellonzi, Archivi del Divisionismo, vol. II, Roma 1968, n. 1816 X.194
Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco, Balla pre-futurista, Roma 1968, p. 48, n. 106, illustrato
Giovanni Lista, Balla, Modena 1980, p. 159, n. 179, illustrato

Condition

This work appears to be in generally good overall condition. There are 2 tiny paint losses by the upper right corner visible in the catalogue illustration. There are traces of wearing along the lower edge and by the upper corners. No traces of retouching appear to be visible under UV light.
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